#B5B1C8#B5B1C8

#B5B1C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.033 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B1C8
RGB	rgb(181, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 5.88, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 12.60, 297.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0131 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.033 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2015, 45.4380, 61.0214)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B1C8 #C4C8B1

analogous

#B1B9C8 #B5B1C8 #C1B1C8

triadic

#B5B1C8 #C8B5B1 #B1C8B5

tetradic

#B5B1C8 #C8B1B9 #C4C8B1 #B1C8C1

square

#B5B1C8 #C8B1B9 #C4C8B1 #B1C8C1

split-complementary

#B5B1C8 #C8C1B1 #B9C8B1

monochromatic

#716995 #938DAF #B5B1C8 #D7D5E1 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B5B1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#B5B1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B1C8

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B1C8	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.033 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc8d8',
    500: '#b5b1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b1c8;
$custom-light: #cbc8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.0327,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B1C8

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A8D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B1C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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